The Hummel Report: Investigation Results in Retirement
Editor’s note: A year ago The Hummel Report unveiled the results of a four-month undercover investigation that showed a Pawtucket Police major spending his work days on the golf course or at home. On November 30, facing a potential demotion, he decided after 30 years to retire. Our investigation found that Major Bruce Moreau, who […]
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Powering Up, Insensitive Twits, er, Tweets, and Holiday Wishes
Wealthy and Influential We’re sure that no one was surprised to see that Phillipe & Jorge were not cited by GoLocalProv (in their annual listing of the “50 most wealthy and influential Vo Dilanduhs”) as being among that august company. What’s the matter? Doesn’t Casa Diablo’s burgeoning 4-figure bank account merit respect? However, we are […]
Alt-Nation: Welcoming 2016 with Music
Atlantic Thrills – Vices (Almost Ready Records) The Atlantic Thrills serve up another plate of surf-smoked garage rock on their sophomore LP, Vices. “Hold It Down” is a catchy tune, but it’s hard not to view it as beach bonfire re-writing of Deer Tick’s “The Bump.” Better is “Bible in a Bowl” that in my […]
Opinion: The College Conundrum
I’ve long contended that the overwhelming factor that accounts for the consistent increase in college tuition at about three times the rate of inflation over at least the past 30 years is, paradoxically, the availability of financial aid: By increasing the supply of financial aid money, the government created a perverse incentive for colleges to […]
Hope Street Merchants Association Wants to Install Solar Powered Lamps
“How can we do something to make the streets more beautiful?” asks Line Daems, co-president of the Hope Street Merchants Association (HSMA). Their answer: Install locally designed solar powered street lamps. On November 18, co-presidents of the HSMA, Line Daems and Pernilla Frazier, and Jonathan Harris, responsible for the design of the lamps, spoke to […]
Alt-Nation: Music to Stuff in Your Stocking
Blackletter – Digital Vinyl Nobody is ever going to accuse Blackletter’s vocalist/keyboardist/songwriter Dave Laros of lacking ambition. The band’s debut release, Digital Vinyl, is a concept EP about a gunslinger’s descent into Hell. Concept albums have their pros and cons. The upside being the possibility for the album to tell an engaging story through great […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Dancing Cop, House of Oversight and a Thanksgiving Trip
Another Vo Dilun Classic Tale You all know that Phillipe & Jorge are eternally thankful to live in the Biggest Little because of its rich history and culture. Last week there was a story in GoLocalProv concerning the ongoing saga of “Tony, the Dancing Cop.” Tony Lepore (the Dancing Cop) is a former Providence police […]
The Hummel Report: Little Cooperation at the Cooperative
In spring 1985, the federal government deeded more than 38 acres of land, along with 96 units of long-boarded-up Navy housing, to a non-profit group that formed to help provide affordable housing in North Kingstown. Even the name — The Association to Save Quonset Affordable Housing — or ASQAH as it is known in town, indicated […]